There's a growing movement of cities and counties whose residents can get their electricity from nonprofit providers, as opposed to traditional gas & electric outfits. It's a program called "Community Choice Aggregation," where customers are free to "opt out" of and stay with providers such as SDG&E.

​Jim Waring, founding chairman and chief executive officer of CleanTech San Diego, and Haney Hong, executive director of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, discuss.